League

Palermo
Spectators: 7261 (Terracing: 5447, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 144) Palermo's Jeronimo Llorian started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Canque AFC's Evelio Marcones got a free kick in the 7th minute. Alejandro Bernat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Domingos Orlan got free with Vinicio Darien in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Canque AFC's Vinicio Darien proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Canque AFC from getting a goal against them. Vinicio Darien stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jeronimo Llorian's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. The audience was convinced that Severo Marin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Javier Macias was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Javier Macias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alejandro Bernat's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. Severo Marin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 38 minutes, Domingos Orlan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palermo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Domingos Orlan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vinicio Darien stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jeronimo Llorian's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. Vinicio Darien made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Domingos Orlan sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Canque AFC's Angelino Urdaspal got a free kick in the 47th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alejandro Bernat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Domingos Orlan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Evelio Marcones's late challenge caught a Palermo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evelio Marcones helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Canque AFC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Evelio Marcones hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Palermo's Amador Claris tried to score from far away in the 56th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. If Severo Marin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee felt a red card was in order, 64 minutes into the game, when Gabriel Ordono put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Canque AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Palermo:s goal. Evelio Marcones received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Javier Macias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute Jeronimo Llorian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vinicio Darien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeronimo Llorian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Vinicio Darien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Palermo's Amador Eladio suffered a concussion in the 86th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Evelio Marcones got his second yellow card in the match during the 86th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Vinicio Darien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingos Orlan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vinicio Darien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingos Orlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Vinicio Darien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingos Orlan in the 96th minute of play. Severo Marin hit a great freekick 100 minutes into the match. After 101 played minutes, Palermo's Amador Claris shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vinicio Darien came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Palermo reached it. Palermo were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Canque AFC for a fine match.